Show THE TRUTH ABOUT THOSE DELEGATES L roosevelt Con contests leSIS to deceive tho the public HIL ALL BUT 74 WERE ABANDONED an examination of the fact facts show 11 that the tribunal which decided these contests in favor of mr taft wre were bight in low every instance tha the remaining Contest frivol eua ous and thair their prompt 1 abandonment Aboon donmen t reflects upon the genuineness and validity of the Rema remainder indor tho the washington times a dally new 4 paper b frank munion an tan ardent roosebelt eielt elt supporter in its issue at 0 june 9 1912 contains alna the follow ine statement showing thereat the real foundation of most of the roosevelt conte ta ts on the day when roosevelt connally fon fori nally announced that lie wae was a candidate something eom ething over a blui dred delegates delegat oa lind had actually icon been selected when senator dibal took charge of the H of delegates ee lecter to date would liae looked hopelessly one sided moreover a number of southern states lind had called their conventions for early dates and there as jo 10 chance to develop the roil reil roosevelt 0 it strength in the great northern bab tea till later for effect as a knoo in practical 8 it va ats necessary for tho loosevelt Koo 1006 sevelt OVelt people 0 vo o atari contests contes fea early taft selections in order that a tabulation ot of dele delegate gatet strength could bo be put out that wo aid blow show Roo roosevelt holding a good hand in tho game a a table showing allowing taft roosevelt 19 contested ono one would not bo be ve y much calculated to inspire whereas one showing taft 15 loosevelt loo Roo smelt 19 cont contested contes estel tosi cooled very dif ferent that ie is tho the whole story of the larger number of southern contests that were started early in the name game it wae was never expected that thoy they would ho be taken cry Berio asly they served a u purpose and now tho the national committee ia is devi deriding diug them in faor of taft in moat casas without real division july 29 20 bere are the fief facts in relation to tho contested seats in to the Ite publican national convention it 1 is a summary of or a detailed statement going coins carefully into all of the cases a statement so thorough gb that it takes up ISO pages ot of printed mattar this statement Is s signed by mr sir victor tidewater rosewater chairman ot As be former tomer re publican ican national committee by sir J it devine of colorado chairman of the committee ca cu credentials of the alcan national convention and by mr charles D hilles chairman of the present ilean national commatee comm ltee the total number of delegates sum suin boned to the convention conven under its call was 1078 with necessary to a choice mf ar toti tatt had bad votes oa on aba fint first and ballot and was declared tho the nominee no mineo chete were instituted against ot of the delegates regularly elected for taft contests on 00 behalf of roosevelt evelt thase contest contests were arow avow edly instigated not for the purpose of really ec tiring elf in ahto tb convention not for th the purpose of adducing sol evidence which would lead any respect able courto court 0 o entertain the contests but for th the purpose of deceiving decet dec eiring the into the belief that mr bad had more tot thau than he be really bad as the contention conTent lons and primaries were in a for tho election selection of delegates tilts ie Is not only a necessary ceary inference from the character of the tb contexts but it was boldly avowed by the chief edi edt tor tar of the rows papers owned by mr maj who has as been clr chief and newspaper sup the contests were reduced by abandonment aban dorment to seventy four the veri fae facok of him frivolous conceits con teits issei reflects upon the inego and validity of the remainder the seventy four delegates include it ec at larre from arizona Ar liona four at laree large from icon kentucky tucky four at large from in to diana diann six at large from michigan debt eight at large from ten and eight at larf large from washington and also LISO district delegates ea each fr from t tl ninth Ale bams the fifth rk anae I SO ho thirteenth indians ce seventh eighth ES bab and eleventh Iten kentucky tucky ab third oklahoma be the tenner see eel from each of rink second fourths bevente Be eighth ninth tenth and fo linta of t texas CONTESTED fit LARGE arizona Arl xen in be ho arbana convention there alty three botex ai tan al 71 u i number were toto to to selected at largo large I 1 be he counties count loa were entitled to ne se elect their delegate through their coun ty y commett or by primary in county Man stati copa a majority of the committee decided to elect select lie its delegates and a minority to hare a mary in other counties there were some contests and the ettae committee following hie the usage of the national committee gave a heiring to t all con te test stants acts in order to make up the tern tem votary roll there uns a clear major ity fly ot of the taft delegates among the uncontested delegates the committee made up the temporary roll and then there was a bolt sixty four remaining in ice the hall and slid twenty five withdraw ing the case of the tatt taft majority v waa as un u cl cler clr r that it Is to understand why by a contest was A as made indiana lu indiana the four taft delegates at large were in a state conven tion to which marion marlon county in insAla Is situate as entitled to vote votes A primary was held in in dia napoli at t which taft ft polled and slid 1400 votes gave taft delegates in the state conven from marion marlon county and if it they were veto properly 1 feared the control of the convention b a large majority wa wan conceded to taft attempt was made lo 10 impeach the returns from munty oun ty by charges of fraud and repeat tig thase charges were nere of a general character knout specification except as a to one ward want out of wards and then anc the impeaching gliness ad emitted be he could not claim fraud enough to change the mault lu it that waid the n nat lal committee upon which thero were fifteen suit taft men rejected the llo contestants and gave abo tift delegates their seats by A dunant moua vote son dot koran and mr frank 11 kellogg both loosevelt noo evelt sevelt men ando in 10 explaining the votes in which they eald said that the caso case turned wholly ou the marion county primary nod and es 03 there was no evid evidence cIce to im 1 pach ach the result certified the title of the tatt taft delegates delegat cs was clear ahli ta to the ithe whoso proceedings called forth loud charges of 0 theft and fraud icom hr air next raak reak wo willan tho truth regarding roa arding delegates froin from other states |